James' Foreign Policy Aims and Parliament's Reaction
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- Foreign Policy and Parliament's Reaction
- Summary: James wanted peace in Europe, and parliament had little influence. However, if James wanted war, he would have to go to Parliament for finance
- Peace with Spain 1604
- James wanted to end the long war with Spain
- He was willing to ditch his Dutch allies
- Fairly easy - Spain also wanted peace
- Parliament was largely favourable as it was cheaper
- Some protestant MPs and merchants were against the treaty
- Marriages
- Princess Elizabeth's marriage to protestant Prince Frederick of Palatinate
- A protestant alliance to counter the marriage between the French and Spanish
- Parliament was strongly in favour as it was a protestant match
- Prince Charles' potential match with Spanish Princess
- To balance his protestant alliance with a catholic marriage to maintain overall peace
- Very strong negative reaction from Parliament
- The children may be brought up Catholic
- The Infanta may hold public Catholic services
- Spain might expect England to fight the Dutch
- James may covert to Catholicism
- Didn't trust the Spanish to be reliable allies
- There was a initial acceptance of James' foreign policy, but this broke down as Protestant MPs feared Catholicism
- Princess Elizabeth's marriage to protestant Prince Frederick of Palatinate
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